NGC 3875
NGC 3875
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
331 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 331 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3875 as it looked roughly 331 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 3883Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 732NIrregular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3884Spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 732SLenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 3929Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3840Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 732NIrregular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3884Spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 732SLenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 3929Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3840Spiral12 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).